29 Ngakho abantu ababemi bezwa bathi: “Beliduma;” abanye bathi: “Ingelosi ikhulume kuye.”
30 UJesu waphendula wathi: “Leli zwi alizanga ngenxa yami kepha ngenxa yenu.
31 Kalokhu kungukwahlulelwa kwaleli zwe; kalokhu umbusi waleli zwe uzakuxoshwa.
32 Mina, nxa ngiphakanyiswa emhlabeni, ngiyakubadonsela kimi bonke.”
33 Lokho-ke wakusho efanekisa ukufa okumfanele afe ngakho.
34 Ngakho isixuku samphendula sathi: “Sizwile emthethweni ukuthi uKristu uyakuma phakade; usho kanjani wena ukuthi iNdodana yomuntu imelwe ukuphakanyiswa na? Ingubani le Ndodana yomuntu na?”
35 Wayesethi kubo uJesu: “Kuseyisikhashana ukukhanya kukhona kini. Hambani nise nokukhanya, ukuze ubumnyama bunganehleli. Ohamba ebumnyameni akazi ukuthi uya ngaphi.